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<p>By Abraham Victory</p><div class="kxYGVc4M" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p>When more than forty schoolchildren were abducted during coordinated attacks on schools in Borno in May, Nigerians were reminded of one of the country&#8217;s darkest security nightmares: the return of large-scale school kidnappings.</p>
<p>Only weeks later, reports emerged of fresh bandit attacks in Zamfara, where farmers were killed while working on their farmlands. Across parts of Benue and the Middle Belt, communities continued to mourn victims of deadly attacks that left many families displaced and fearful about what tomorrow might bring.</p>
<p>For ordinary Nigerians, these incidents are no longer isolated headlines. They have become symbols of a broader security crisis that has persisted despite the presence of numerous security agencies and repeated government reforms.</p><div class="Ef6OF5ky" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p>It is against this backdrop that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu&#8217;s creation of the office of Special Adviser on Homeland Security deserves serious public scrutiny.</p>
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<p>The appointment has generated debate among security experts, policymakers, and citizens alike. Supporters argue that Nigeria&#8217;s growing internal security challenges require specialised attention. Critics worry that the country may be creating another layer of bureaucracy without addressing the real problem.</p>
<p>The question Nigerians should be asking is straightforward: Would another office have prevented these attacks?</p>
<p>The answer depends on how one understands Nigeria&#8217;s security challenge.</p>
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<p>Take the recent school abductions. The issue was not the absence of security institutions. Nigeria already has the military, police, DSS, civil defence, intelligence agencies, and the Office of the National Security Adviser. The challenge was whether intelligence was gathered early enough, shared effectively, and acted upon before the attacks occurred.</p>
<p>The same question applies to the recurring attacks in Benue and the resurgence of bandit activities across the North-West. In many cases, local communities claim warning signs existed before attacks occurred. Yet security responses often arrived after lives had already been lost.</p>
<p>This suggests that Nigeria&#8217;s greatest security challenge may not be a shortage of institutions but a shortage of coordination.</p>
<p>The Office of the National Security Adviser was created precisely to address this problem. The NSA coordinates intelligence activities, advises the President on security matters, and facilitates cooperation among agencies. If Homeland Security is established as a parallel structure with overlapping responsibilities, the risk is that coordination problems could become even more complicated rather than less.</p>
<p>Who receives intelligence first? Who coordinates domestic threat responses? Who bears responsibility when security failures occur?</p>
<p>These questions matter because effective security management depends on clear authority and accountability.</p>
<p>None of this means Homeland Security is unnecessary. The recent wave of kidnappings, bandit attacks, and mass killings demonstrates that Nigeria&#8217;s internal security challenges require specialised attention. However, specialisation should strengthen coordination, not weaken it.</p>
<p>A Homeland Security structure can add value if it operates under the strategic framework of the National Security Adviser, focusing specifically on domestic threat management, emergency preparedness, critical infrastructure protection, and internal intelligence integration.</p>
<p>What Nigerians need today is not another competition among security institutions. They need a system capable of preventing the next school abduction, stopping the next bandit attack, and protecting the next vulnerable community before tragedy occurs.</p>
<p>The success of Homeland Security will therefore not be measured by the title of the office or the prestige of the appointment.</p>
<p>It will be measured by a far simpler standard: whether fewer children are kidnapped, fewer communities are attacked, and fewer Nigerians lose their lives to insecurity.</p>
<p>That is the question the government must answer, and it is the result Nigerians deserve.</p>
<p>Abraham Victory<br />
Department of Development and Strategic Communication<br />
200 Level<br />
Abuja, Nigeria</p>
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